The Italian connection
Fabio Conti's web-site. Neopop
The ever fantastic band: Montefiori Cocktail
Orf, my good friend, from Bergamo and his crew make interaction in public spaces and performance.
Back in the UK
Joe Nash - top mate and DJ. Joe has been making a podcast called "The Tape".
Christian Lewcock has been making some fine music with his 'project' Uk States.. His newest material can be heard on My Space - UK States .
Piers Beckly is a friend from my BBC days. Piers writes scripts and makes stuff.
Across the Pond
Craig Shaynak who I met in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival in 2005.
In Lotusland (the nickname for Vancouver)
My mate in interaction design - Konstantinos at Urban Visuals.
The place to buy books in Vancouver and talk about world music with Marc Fournier (if he has time) is Sophia Books.
Chris Derochie - 3D Animator and designer. A friend from high school. Reading comic books and watching cartoons has paid off for both of us. I have made some video games and he has worked on a few films and TV shows.
Europe is calling
Shazzula - DJ, go-go dancer, music collector and painter. And Shazzy also is a member of a band Aqua Nebula Oscillator.
Japan
I have known Shu Nakajima since 1991 when I lived in Osaka, Japan. Spirito Art Factory
Mr Yoshio Takemura is someone that I met while in Provence a few years ago. He is a landscape painter. He has a blog but is all in Japanese (you can still look at the pictures) .http://blog.goo.ne.jp/yuuyuutakemura/
Acquaintances
Rod Corp - art, architecture, books, maps, stories, and occasionally how teams and systems work.
Shunt
I have been spending some time here volunteering with this fantastic group of people in 2008.